Travel Registered Nurse - Telemetry - Martinsburg, WV

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr rotating, 48 hours a week, starting 23 Nov 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,917 a week in all, a taxable rate of $31.73 an hour plus $1,267 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Telemetry. This role provides care for telemetry patients in an acute care setting, including post-catheterization, medical-surgical, and respiratory cases requiring cardiac monitoring. The position includes rotating 12-hour shifts, independent clinical practice following orientation, and collaboration with hospitalists, pharmacy, respiratory therapy, and patient care technicians.

Job Details

• Schedule: Rotating 12-hour shifts, 48 hours per week. Day shifts are 7:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m.; night shifts are 7:00 p.m.–7:30 a.m. Every other weekend and rotating holidays are required. Self-scheduling and block scheduling may be available based on unit needs. No on-call requirement.
• Required Qualifications:
• Registered Nurse licensure
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) through the American Heart Association (AHA)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association (AHA)
• National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification
• At least 5 years of registered nursing experience
• At least 1 year of travel nursing experience
• Valid driver’s license required for submission
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Proficiency with Electronic Medical Records (EPIC)
• Comfort interpreting basic cardiac dysrhythmias and verifying telemetry strip interpretation
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
• The unit includes 20 private rooms with typical nurse-to-patient ratios of 1:5 for telemetry patients and 1:3–4 for stepdown patients.
• Patient populations may include telemetry, post-catheterization, medical-surgical cases requiring telemetry monitoring, and patients with respiratory difficulties.
• Nurses administer medications, may manage titrating heparin for telemetry patients, place peripheral intravenous lines, and may provide nebulizer or breathing treatments within scope of practice.
• Cardiac monitoring includes hardwired and portable telemetry systems, with monitor technicians providing notifications to assigned nurses.
• Orientation includes required education modules, shadowing, and supervised clinical practice before independent assignment.
• Floating may occur to comparable or lower-acuity units, including telemetry or medical-surgical units. Travelers may also be asked to precept or serve as charge nurse based on comfort level and unit needs.
• Navy blue scrubs are required.
• Up to two shifts may be canceled during a 13-week assignment; assignments shorter than 13 weeks may include one canceled shift.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits